Prayers and Meditations — §721 Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 721 of 858. Source (Arabic) رٍ ارْتَفَعَ نِدائِي وَعِنْدَ كُلِّ حَجَرٍ ارْتَفَعَ ضَجِيجِيْ وَصَرِيْخِيْ، هَلْ خَلَقْتَنِيْ يا إِلهِي لِلْبَلآءِ أَوْ لإِظْهارِ أَمْرِكَ فِي مَلَكُوتِ الإِنْشآءِ، تَسْمَعُ وَتَرَى يا إِلهِيْ حَنِيْ Shoghi Effendi Translation Nay, and to this Thy glory beareth me witness! Such is not my thought of Thee, nor the thought of those of Thy servants that have near access to Thyself, nor that of the sincere amongst Thy people. Translation Notes ارْتَفَعَ irtafaʿ r-f-ʿ literal: raise; raised raised 30% hath 26% lifted 17% planted 4% hast 4% calleth 4% more 4% could 4% lord 4% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §158: would exaltfire-tabletFire §42: was plantedgleaningsGWB §448: to elevate itkitab-i-ahdAhd §13: serveth to exaltkitab-i-iqanKIQ §84: becomeprayers-and-meditationsP&M §652: transcendent mighttablet-of-ahmadAhmad §16: dispelthe-hidden-wordsHW §63: hath risen نِدائِي nidáʾí n-d-y literal: call, voice voice 50% sighs 50% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §4: the voicefire-tabletFire §48: Thy CallgleaningsGWB §299: will hailkitab-i-iqanKIQ §269: call of theprayers-and-meditationsP&M §108: didst Thou calltablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: calling aloudtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §30: raisedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §86: His Voice وَعِنْدَ waʿind ʿ-n-d literal: at when 21% god 15% before 13% estimation 12% sight 12% thereupon 8% whom 6% through 6% possession 4% belong 4% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §182: in the estimationgleaningsGWB §693: his possessionkitab-i-iqanKIQ §188: withprayers-and-meditationsP&M §477: in Theethe-hidden-wordsHW §3: in My sightwill-and-testamentW&T §34: stubbornnessepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §108: presencegleaningsGWB §409: in the sight of God حَجَرٍ ḥajarin ḥ-j-r literal: stones; stone; stone/rock stone 67% pebble 33% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §234: these stonesgleaningsGWB §281: the rockskitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: stonesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §360: pebblegleaningsGWB §36: of the stoneskitab-i-iqanKIQ §230: usgleaningsGWB §556: stone ضَجِيجِيْ ḍajíjí ḍ-j-j literal: clamor; clamor/noise; noise cry 50% groaning 50% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §62: sighsgleaningsGWB §453: criedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: the lamentationstablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §47: wailedepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groaninggleaningsGWB §619: groanethprayers-and-meditationsP&M §262: sighingepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: groan وَصَرِيْخِيْ، waṣaríkhí، ṣ-r-kh literal: cry/scream; cry; cry, scream cry 42% cries 17% cried 8% lamentation 8% wailing 8% uttered 8% such 8% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §190: cry outgleaningsGWB §619: their lamentation and weepingprayers-and-meditationsP&M §319: its crytablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: utteredepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §241: cryprayers-and-meditationsP&M §62: the criestablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §52: such a cryepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §110: cried out to هَلْ hal h-l literal: interrogative particle; people “hath 33% know 33% think 33% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §157: “HathgleaningsGWB §282: Thinkkitab-i-iqanKIQ §15: peoplegleaningsGWB §282: Know خَلَقْتَنِيْ khalaqtaní kh-l-q literal: creation; create; created thou 67% hast 17% didst 17% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §50: characteristicsfire-tabletFire §40: wert createdgleaningsGWB §471: have We created youkitab-i-iqanKIQ §213: peoplesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §119: Thou didst causetablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §54: created herthe-hidden-wordsHW §12: have created theeepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: Thy creatures إِلهِي ʾilhí ʾ-l-h literal: God; divine; god god 64% divine 22% god’s 5% lord 4% holy 2% mystic 1% heavenly 1% grace 1% god-given 1% pertaineth 1% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: divine and celestialgleaningsGWB §560: iskitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: divinely-appointedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §371: O my Godthe-hidden-wordsHW §147: celestialwill-and-testamentW&T §53: the Lordepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §117: of GodgleaningsGWB §493: divinely revealed لِلْبَلآءِ lilbaláʾ b-l-w literal: tribulation; affliction; trial tribulation 42% adversity 13% woe 13% affliction 8% tribulations 8% troubles 4% trials 4% orient 4% afflictions 4% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §126: are but afire-tabletFire §39: calamitygleaningsGWB §413: entangledkitab-i-iqanKIQ §140: sore triedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §429: ordealthe-hidden-wordsHW §154: triedwill-and-testamentW&T §35: in my woesepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §100: incalculable afflictions لإِظْهارِ lʾiẓhár ẓ-h-r literal: manifestation; manifest manifest 17% proclaim 13% may 13% revealing 10% breathed 10% unveil 10% revealed 7% reveal 7% show 7% proclaiming 7% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §26: breathedfire-tabletFire §12: DayspringgleaningsGWB §596: unattainablekitab-i-ahdAhd §11: have We graciously revealedkitab-i-iqanKIQ §94: actualprayers-and-meditationsP&M §73: as the Manifestationtablet-of-ahmadAhmad §8: to assisttablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: the revelation of thy glory أَمْرِكَ ʾamrik ʾ-m-r literal: command; cause cause 59% revelation 16% behest 7% bidding 4% decree 4% faith 3% commandment 3% command 1% through 1% affairs 1% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §40: have We commandedfire-tabletFire §17: CommandgleaningsGWB §579: ordinancekitab-i-ahdAhd §7: a decreekitab-i-iqanKIQ §12: of celestial dominionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §383: and hast bidden Himtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §12: to its dwellersthe-hidden-wordsHW §35: of power مَلَكُوتِ malakút m-l-k literal: kingdom; king kingdom 73% kingdoms 13% heaven 4% empire 4% heavens 2% glory 1% realm 1% whole 1% realms 1% dominion 1% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §88: kingdomsgleaningsGWB §64: heavenskitab-i-iqanKIQ §268: worldprayers-and-meditationsP&M §518: Who arttablet-of-carmelCarmel §1: of the Kingdomtablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §20: inthe-hidden-wordsHW §2: Possesswill-and-testamentW&T §28: righteous الإِنْشآءِ، an-nsháʾi، n-sh-ʾ literal: creation; creation/origination; creation, composition creation 71% creatures 7% unto 7% entire 7% erected 7% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §198: ofgleaningsGWB §428: creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §174: of Thy creationwill-and-testamentW&T §7: erectedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §623: Thy creationprayers-and-meditationsP&M §257: of Thy creaturesprayers-and-meditationsP&M §797: of Thine inventionprayers-and-meditationsP&M §333: unto all Thy creatures تَسْمَعُ tasmaʿ s-m-ʿ literal: hear; hearing; heard hearest 29% hear 25% thou 17% hearken 4% dost 4% give 4% incline 4% proclaims 4% inclinest 4% crieth 4% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §205: Give earfire-tabletFire §48: I have heardgleaningsGWB §724: the All-Hearingkitab-i-ahdAhd §3: sightkitab-i-iqanKIQ §240: earprayers-and-meditationsP&M §185: can be heardtablet-of-carmelCarmel §2: hearken to Thy calltablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §21: And they heard وَتَرَى watará r-ʾ-y literal: see; to see; see/behold thou 53% seest 16% beholdest 12% behold 6% wert 2% regard 2% seest?” 2% discover 2% dost 2% art 2% epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §136: thou wouldst perceivefire-tabletFire §26: seestgleaningsGWB §47: thou hast haltedprayers-and-meditationsP&M §375: am persuadedthe-hidden-wordsHW §37: and to mirror forthwill-and-testamentW&T §5: behold himepistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §5: Thou beholdestgleaningsGWB §260: seest?”